George Takei & Husband To Be First Gay Couple On The Newlywed Game

Star Trek's George Takei and his husband Brad Altman will be the first gay couple to appear as contestants on The Newlywed Game. I had forgotten the show was back in production, but with Takei's famous sense of humor, it'll be worth it to tune for his answer to the show's classic question, "Where's the most unusual place you and your spouse have made whoopie?"

You may recall the flap from last year when it was learned that the Newlywed Game's producers had issued a requirement that all contestants be in a marriage "defined as legal in all 50 states." So much for that. Good. At the time, I groused, "I can't imagine any self-respecting queer couple wanting to go on The Newlywed Game, but then again I didn't use to think that people would eat worms for money on TV." Guess I have to eat worms on that.